United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
CAT/C/SEN/CO/3
Distr.: General
17 January 2013
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Concluding observations on the third periodic report of
Senegal, adopted by the Committee at its forty-ninth session
(29 October–23 November 2012)
1.
The Committee against Torture considered the third periodic report of Senegal
(CAT/C/SEN/3) at its 1106th and 1109th meetings (CAT/C/SR.1106 and SR.1109), held on
6 and 7 November 2012. At its 1125th meeting (CAT/C/SR.1125), held on 19 November
2012, the Committee adopted the following concluding observations.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee welcomes the submission of the third periodic report of the State
party, which follows the guidelines on the form and content of periodic reports. It regrets,
however, that the State party submitted the report 15 years late.
3.
The Committee welcomes the opportunity to renew the dialogue with the State party
and to examine the implementation of the Convention with the delegation. It notes that the
State party submitted detailed written replies to the list of issues (CAT/C/SEN/Q/3 and
Add.1) on the eve of the dialogue and that the delegation provided further information.
B.
Positive aspects
4.
The Committee welcomes the ratification by the State party, in October 2006, of the
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and of other international instruments during the
reporting period, including:
(a)
The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families (June 1999);
(b)
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The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (February 1999);
Reissued for technical reasons on 6 February 2013.
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